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Rents in England are almost half of tenants’ average take-home pay, according to an official report on the state of the country’s housing.
Figures in the latest English Housing Survey, based on research ...

Who would have thought that words play a part in how expensive your rent is. Maybe it's a little light hearted article from the Mirror but all the same many things seem to get factored into how much you need to...

New Era Tenants on a London housing estate where protests erupted after it was bought by a consortium including a Tory MP’s property company say they fear eviction before Christmas after the new owners r...

There's a momentary chance to push the Scottish government into introducing rent controls. It's important not to miss it. In lots of countries, there exist laws to limit how much landlords can charge in rent or...

Fraudsters used Airbnb to get the keys to this house in Kensington Gardens Square, London, and repeatedly rent it out. Photograph: Martin Godwin Fraudsters used Airbnb to get the keys to this house in Kensingto...

The London mayor is expected to grant consent on Friday for the construction of 98 “affordable rent” apartments on the site of the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant sorting office in central London in a deal th...

John has a startlingly horrid story about the perils of renting on his blog which you can read below. It is yet another example of the UK's broken rental market and sadly not the only one we've heard here at ge...

In recent years housing associations have become very profitable organisations. Profits increased nearly tenfold in five years to just under £2bn in 2013, up from £203m in 2009. What is probably more surprisi...

The Sunday Mirror columnist and former Deputy Prime Minister believes rent to buy plans could be a fairer model than the government's Help To Buy Imagine you could buy a home without a deposit. Or stamp duty. E...

The average rent paid by tenants in Britain increased by 2% in 2013 to £854 a month, according to property firm Countrywide.
Tenants have been squeezed by rising prices as those unable to access mortgages o...

What We Think…

With the housing situation in the UK seemingly becoming beyond an entire generations affordability the term Generation rent was forged. It describes how that generation has been priced out of the market for property and are locked into an unforgiving and inflexible rental market .
It’s shocking to see how many websites there are out there that use the term Generation Rent to inform landlords and homeowners how best to exploit them.
That’s why we chose to launch Generation-rent.com, to give those who are trapped in this demoralising position a voice and a place to gain further insight into why this has happened to them.